Visiting Research Professor

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Physician • Public Health Researcher • Research Program Manager • Educator • Health Communicator

Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Email: mnaqibuddin@yahoo.com

Profile Overview

Dr. Mohammad Naqibuddin is a Visiting Research Professor of the Dept. of Microbiology, Notre Dame University Bangladesh (NDUB). He is also a physician, public health professional, researcher, educator, and health communicator with a career spanning clinical medicine, public health, academic research, patient-centered outcomes, chronic disease management, and health communication. His long association with Johns Hopkins has included research and program-management roles across anesthesiology and critical care, rheumatology, pulmonary medicine, endocrinology, infectious disease, and patient safety and quality. Since January 2016, he has served as Research Program Manager at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His scholarly work covers perioperative outcomes, systemic lupus erythematosus and cognition, brain imaging, diabetes and depression, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patient activation and self-management, transitional care, quality of life, and public-health issues including COVID-19. Alongside research, he has substantial experience in teaching, scientific presentation, public-health campaigns, television and radio communication, script writing, and educational media.

Education

• Master of Public Health (MPH), The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, 1998–1999.
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS/MD; evaluated by World Education Service), Mymensingh Medical College, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1981–1987.

Professional Experience

• 2014–2016: Senior Research Program Coordinator, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• 2013–2014: Research Program Coordinator, Division of Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• 2010–2013: Research Program Coordinator, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• 2011: Research Assistant, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• 2006–2010: Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• 2003–2006: Research Program Coordinator, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 2003: Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• 1999–2003: Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University.
• 1999: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health; Research Associate, Department of Urban Health, Morgan State University.
• 1989–1998: Medical Officer, Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• 1989: Indoor Physician, Institute of Post-Graduate Medicine and Research (IPGM&R), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• 1988–1989: Resident Public Health Officer, National Tuberculosis Relief and Rehabilitation Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• 1987–1988: Medical Intern, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Wu CL, Naqibuddin M, Fleisher LA. Measurement of patient satisfaction as an outcome of regional anesthesia and analgesia: a systematic review. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2001;26:196–208.
• Wu CL, Carter HB, Naqibuddin M, Fleisher L. Effect of local anesthetics on patient recovery after transrectal biopsy. Urology. 2001;57(5):925–929.
• Wu CL, Naqibuddin M, Rowlingson AJ, Leitman SA, Jermyn RM, Fleisher LA. The effect of pain on health-related quality of life in the immediate postoperative period. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2003;97:1078–1085.
• Goldstein DS, Holmes C, Frank SM, Naqibuddin M, et al. Sympathoadrenal imbalance before neurocardiogenic syncope. American Journal of Cardiology. 2003;91(1):53–58.
• Petri M, Naqibuddin M, Carson KA, et al. Cognitive Function in a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Inception Cohort. Journal of Rheumatology. 2008;35(9):1776–1781.
• Petri M, Naqibuddin M, Carson KA, et al. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Journal of Rheumatology. 2008;35(12):2348–2354.
• Petri M, Naqibuddin M, Sampedro M, Omdal R, Carson KA. Memantine in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2011;41(2):194–202.
• Ramage AE, Fox PT, Brey RL, et al., Naqibuddin M, et al. Neuroimaging evidence of white matter inflammation in newly diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2011;63(10):3048–3057.
• Golden SH, Shah N, Naqibuddin M, et al. The Prevalence and Specificity of Depression Diagnosis in a Clinic-Based Population of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Psychosomatics. 2017;58(1):28–33.
• Aboumatar H, Naqibuddin M, Chung S, et al. Better Respiratory Education and Treatment Help Empower (BREATHE) study: methodology and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2017;62:159–167.
• Aboumatar H, Naqibuddin M, Chung S, et al. Impact of a program combining transitional care and long-term self-management support on outcomes of hospitalized patients with COPD. JAMA. 2019;322(14):1371–1380.
• Aboumatar H, Naqibuddin M, Neiman J, et al. Methodology and baseline characteristics of the BREATHE2 randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2020;94:106023.
• Sayam S, Dutta P, Sultana N, et al., Naqibuddin M. Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19 Related Social Distance Regulations: A Cross-Sectional Study of Bangladeshis Living in Bangladesh and the United States. Global Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022:1004.
• Naqibuddin M, Cole S. How Can Experiential Learning Theory Nurture a Learning Health System? Quality Management in Health Care. Submitted, July 2026.

Book Chapters and Other Publications

• Naqibuddin M. “Statins.” In: Roizen MF, Fleisher LA, eds. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2nd ed. WB Saunders Company, 2001.
• Fleisher LA, Naqibuddin M. “Viagra.” In: Roizen MF, Fleisher LA, eds. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2nd ed. WB Saunders Company, 2001.
• Naqibuddin M. Drug abuse among the youth of the world. Green Leaf Campaign publication for the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 1992 (Bengali).
• Giasuddin Md, Naqibuddin M. The role of rehabilitation in the treatment and control of TB. Proceedings of the 17th Eastern Regional Conference on Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 1993.

Honors and Awards

• Finalist, Erickson Foundation Research Award in Positive Aging, American Public Health Association, 2020 — improving self-efficacy and self-care behaviors among patients with COPD.
• Finalist, Erickson Foundation Research Award in Positive Aging, American Public Health Association, 2019 — anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in the BREATHE2 Study.
• Honorable Mention, Erickson Foundation Research Award in Positive Aging, American Public Health Association, 2018 — hope, support, and health-related quality of life among patients with COPD.
• Honorable Mention, Erickson Foundation Research Award in Positive Aging, American Public Health Association, 2016 — patient activation, knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-management behaviors in COPD.
• District of Columbia Rheumatism Society Award, 2005.
• Abstract Winner, International Anaesthesia Research Society, 2002 — impact of transfusion triggers on recovery from surgery.
• Draper Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, 1999.
• Best Television Host, National Award, Bangladesh, 1994.
• Best Debater, Champion, National Television Debate Competition, Bangladesh, 1986; Runner-up, 1981.

Professional Membership

• The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association.

Public Health Communication and Media

Dr. Naqibuddin has a long record of combining medicine and public health with mass communication. He has participated regularly as a resource person in Voice of America television/radio programs on health topics since 2010. In Bangladesh, he worked as a national media host, health program communicator, health communication adviser, editor, campaign organizer, and script writer.

Selected Public and Professional Engagements

• Participant/Speaker, U.S. Government-sponsored International Visitor Program on government agencies, NIDA, and global drug-abuse issues (1988).
• Member, Drug Abuse, Rehabilitation and HIV/AIDS Research Program, sponsored by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1988).
• Coordinator/Speaker/Resource Person for national programs in Bangladesh on anti-smoking, drug abuse, breastfeeding, AIDS, tuberculosis, and related public-health issues (1991–1995).
• Presenter on arsenic contamination in Bangladesh at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (1999).
• Presenter and podium speaker on SLE cognition, neuroimaging, and therapeutic research at Johns Hopkins, rheumatology forums, and American College of Rheumatology meetings (2004–2007).
• Research seminar, podium, and oral presenter on COPD patient-centered care, depression, patient activation, self-management, and BREATHE/BREATHE2 findings (2017–2018).